2 Pittsburgh McDonald's Offering Some New Hires $22 Per Hour

ROSS TOWNSHIP, PA — The ongoing national worker shortage has inspired two McDonald's restaurants in the township to put signs in their windows offering some new workers $22 per hour.

The sign says the fast food chain also will provide new hires with a free bus pass.

A McDonald's spokesperson confirmed to WTAE-TV that many recent management-level hires have started at $22 per hour, though specific pay rates can vary.

CNBC reported in May that employees at McDonald’s company-owned locations will see pay raises of an average of 10 percent. Entry-level employees were to earn $11 to $17 per hour, while shift managers were to be paid $15 to $20 an hour based on location.

The move was expected to have little impact on employee wages, however, as 95 percent of the fast food chain's restaurants are franchise operations.

The signs appeared asMcDonald's workers in at least 10 cities planned a walkout Tuesday to protest the company's responses to workplace sexual harassment incidents and call attention to attempts by employees to unionize.

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